Carrier for eggs, fruit, and the like



A. H. DEGGINGER.

CARRIER FOR EGGS, FRUIT, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2|, 192l- Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

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CARRIER FOR EGGS, FRUIT, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, I921.

Pwanted Apr. M, 1922.

mm'm 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTOR Toiall whom it may 00mm.-

, entree stares AGNES HUGHES DEGGINGER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

tartar or ommn son EGGS, FRUIT, AND THELIKE.

new and useful Improvements in Carriers,

for Eggs, Fruit, andthe like, of which the following isa specification. V i

The object of my invention is to provide a carrier for eggs, fruit and analogous articles, whereby the articles maybe safely transported in quantity, and the carrier may be used by the retail dealer, in the charged condition received by him, for distributlon to the customer. My invention reduces the separate handling of the articles between farmer or wholesaler and the consumer, thereby avoiding losses in handling of the articles and eiiecting a saving in cost.

My invention comprises novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter stated and then pointed out in the claims. 1

' Reference is to be had to the accompanyin drawings forming part hereof, wherein igure 1 is a: plan view of my improved carrier; Fig. 2-is a longitudinal section on line 2, 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end View,

looking from the left in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4, 4 in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail section substantially on line 5, 5 i Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a detail section; Fig. 7

carrier; ig. 8 is a'pa-rtly broken plan view illustrating my carrier within a carton; Fig.

9 is a side view of Fig.8, partly in section on lines 9, 9 and 9, 9 .in Fig. 8; Fig. 10

is an end; View of the char "ed carton Fig. 11

illustrates the carrier enc osed; for s ipment in an egg crate, and'Fig. 12 illustrates-the goods stacked.-

Similar numerals pf reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The'carrier comprises an elongated memberA- having a bottom 1, side walls '2, 3,

' and a top 4, providing an open interior com-' pertinent a to receive part of the, eggs or other articles B. The top 4 is provided with carrier means comprising openin 5, projection 6 and wings 7 for each artic e B. To produce said opening, projection and wings,

the top 4 is severed and scored as follows Cuts are made through the material along lines 'at 8, 8, 9, 9 and 10, leaving the ma-' terial uncut but scored at 11. Said cuts pro- Application filed May 21,

top 4 will be is an ed e view of a blank for making the Specification of Iietters Patent. Pafi gntd A p. 11 11 922 1921. Serial No. 471,334.

' duce the projection 6 which remains hinged to the main material of the top at the scores 11. The cuts at 9 produce free side edges of projection 6 and also free side edges of wings 7. Cuts at 12 are made in top 4 whereby the wings are formed free from the top and from projectionfi, at opposite sides of the latter, and the material of the top is scored at 13 whereby the wings remain hlnged to the top. The cuts at 12 and scor- ,ings at ll, 13 provide the margini'of openeice;

ing 5. The projection 6 is hinged at one side of opening 5 and the wings 7 are hin ed at the opposite side of the opening, so t at inwardly within member A. When article articles, (Figs. 2 and 5). The article bears along the edge portions of opening 5 and the projection 6 and wings 7 serve to sustain the article in a resilient manner, iii a sort of hammock-like way. The material of the carrier may be of cardboard, whereby the pliable to resiliently support article B.

Any deslred number of the openings 5,

the projection 6 and wings 7 may be bent rpjections 6 and wings 7 therefor may .be

ormed in series in top 4. I have shown six of the same in a row, and two of such rows side by side, providin a carrier with twelve supports for eggs.- T e construction-is such that the carrier can 'be made .with six egg supports in'a row, ;so that the carrier w1ll fit properly within an ordinary commercial egg crate.

. An advantage of my invention, is that I am enabled to make/the carrier with two similar sections A', side by side, each having a bottom 1, sides 2, 3, top4, openings 5, projections band win s adapted to carry two rows of eggs or t e like. In-the form illustrated the adjacent walls 2 of the sections are extended side by side beyond the tops-f4, providing a strengthening. rib 2 which may Ice/used in the nature of a handle for lifting the carrier, (Fi s. 3 and 4-). Said rib is in a. lane midway etweenthe outer walls 3 of the carrierwith the articles B on opposite sidesof the carrier extending into the compartments 0:, the top of the rib being above the tops of said articles;

-The carrier may be made by folding a piece of cardboard at 14, 15 (Fig. 7), to

make two layers with the inner edges 16 adjacent, and scoring the same longitudinally on opposite sides of saidedges at 17 18, 19, providing for the b,ottoms '1, sides 2, 3, and tops 4 of the sections A, and folding the material along the score lines and thefolds 15 into rectangular shape, (Figs. 3 and 4).

The layers of material between the edges 16 .of the construction is that the blank having the carrying portions may be made and shipped in a flat condition (Fig. 7), ready to be formed in the rectangular shape shown when the carrier is to be charged, the inner walls being scored at 21 to fold like a hinge.

My improved carrier is adapted to be enclosed within a carton C for shipment. The carton is shown of rectangular form having end flaps c and side flaps 0, the latter being adapted to be folded over the open ends of the carton and the flaps 0 to be folded over the flaps 0"and the ends-tucked in the earton. The upper corners of the rib 2 are reduced or cut away at 2 to facilitate tucking of the flap c'. The outer ends of the bottoms 1 are preferably creased or scored at 1*, 1, and the lower ends of the walls 2 are scored at 2, said bottom and wall ends being turned or folded upwardly at 22 to facilitate tucking of flap ,0 within the carton along bottoms 1 of the carriers. The flaps o of the carton are shown extending from opposite walls thereof, hence one flap a may be tucked along rib 2 and the other flap 0 along bottoms 1 of the carrier. The construction enables a cheap form of carton to be used. My improved carrier may be readily set up for use, charged with thearticles B, and slid endwise into the carton, the flaps of whichwill be closed to retain the carrier. The rib2 of the carrier not only strengthens the latter but affords a brace within the carton for its lower and upper walls While the sides of the carrier brace the sides of the carton. The cartons as well as the carrier may be shipped flat to be set up as used, cheapeningthe costof transportation. The; cartons containin the charged carrier provide a safe means or delivery of the goods to the customer, as where the grocerrdehvers eggs to the latter. An advantage of my carrier is that the latter may be filled by the farmer or wholesaler, enclosed in a pasteboard band D (Fig. 11), and packed in an egg crate ready-to be removed as received and placed in the'carton after removing the band, thereby reducing the re guirement for separately handling the eggs rom the crate as is usual with eggs shipped to the pro-' in ordinary crateshaving strawboard separators. The charged carriers A having the bands D may be packed in the crate in tiers of three carriers each, crosswise disposed, as illustrated in Fig. 12. Myimprovements may be used not only. for shipping eggs but for fancy fruits and other perishable articles, since each article will be separately and-safely supported in its carrier.

The device is simple and cheap to construct, may be readily set up for use, and the carrier'as-a whole is useful and handy for the customer, the goods having once been packed not needing further separate individual handling until the user removes the articles from the carrier.

Changes may be made in the details set forth without departing from the scope of the claims.

- Having now described my invention, wha

I claim is i 1, A carrier comprising a bottom, sides and top, the latter having an opening provided with pro'ection and side wings to engage an article in the opening, said projection extending from one side of the opening and the wings extending from the opposite side ofsaid opening.

- 2. A carrier havlng a compartmenttprovided with a top, said top having a series of openings provided with projections and wings .adapted to enter the compartment, a wall extending from the'bottom of the compartment beyond said top, the outer corners of said wall being reduced.

3. A carrier having a compartment provided with a top, said top having a series of openings provided with projections and wings adapted to enter the compartment, and a wall extending from the bottom of the compartment beyond said top, the ends of said-bottoms and wall being folded in-. wardl I i v 4. he combination of a carrier having parallelcompartmen'ts having tops provided with supporting means for articles, and a wall extending beyond said tops in a plane between said compartments, with a carton its llt

having an open end to receivesaid carrier,

said :wall'opposing a wall of the carton to sustain it. I

5. The combination of a carrier having parallel compartments having tops provided with supporting means for articles, and a wall extending beyond said tops in a plane between said compartments, with a carton having an open end to receive said carrier, said fwall opposing-a wall of the carton to sustain it, said carton having. an end flap to 

